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    As Tang Shaoyi said, Yang Qiu is also considering the pros and cons of immediately becoming president. It's not that he doesn't want to be president, but he doesn't want to be entangled in annoying civil affairs affairs.  The next three to four years are the best period that history has given China to catch up. In the parallel world, the economy has also been improving and full of vitality in the past few years. However, in the end, due to the entanglement of Beiyang interest groups, all the achievements were destroyed by the war.  Now the National Society is the only one, but there are many branches within the National Society, such as the Southwest Faction, the Youth Association, the Nanjing Faction, etc. Once you take a position, you must weigh the issue of balance.

    So he doesn¡¯t want to take office yet. The positions of vice president and secretary of defense are enough to ensure the promotion of reforms.  But the premise is: 1. You must get Li Yuanhong¡¯s guarantee and freedom!  Therefore, he has not expressed any position on the matter of the next president.  For some things, asking for it on your own will give the wrong signal of "you need me" to the other party. Only by letting the people who want to sit in this position come to you can you gain the greatest political and reform freedom.  .

    In simple terms, now that he has the power to change the president, whoever wants to do it must come up with enough chips in exchange. This is politics!

    Compared with politics, the current thinking of the military is very simple. The European War and the Taiwan Strait crisis five years later have made the entire military full of energy. The navy in particular is very concerned about improving its own strength, so it learned that the United States has agreed to start construction.  After constructing the large cruiser, the Navy Department immediately appointed Cheng Biguang as the superintendent of construction, and also selected two thousand officers and soldiers to rush to the United States, where they would receive training and receive two capital ships to return home in the next three years.

    The Army did not waste any time. Although the focus has recently turned to the Navy, the matter of sending people to Europe to serve as observers is already under negotiation.

    Jiang Baili picked up an old Hanyang gun barrel from the production line and asked, "How come this old gun barrel is still there?"

    The person who introduced Yang Qiu and his party was Qiu Heng, director of the Munitions Department of the National Defense Forces. This young colonel who brought Jiang Baili back from Jiangsu is now one of the six pillars of the National Defense Forces. Almost all the equipment and logistics of the entire army pass through his hands.  .  Because of what happened that year, he once became a disciple of Jiang Baili, who also recommended him to go to Germany for a short one-year further study to learn modern military logistics management.

    So when I heard the inquiry, I picked up one and said: "There is a huge demand for submachine guns. If the new barrel is slow, it will also consume materials and labor. It is convenient to use the old Hanyang barrel. It can be used in two parts. We  Before the new rifles are produced in-house, about 60,000 barrels are left. With 120,000 ready-made barrels, the factory can complete the Russian submachine gun order within one year and export a batch to France."

    Zhang Xiaozhun looked at the gun barrels and found that most of them were not plated or rifled. He asked: "It's a good idea to use waste, but rifle bullets can't be used in submachine guns, right? Is the recoil too great?"

    "You cannot use rifle bullets directly, you must use reduced-load ammunition of the same caliber."

    "That's too bad." Jiang Baili chuckled: "Most of the old guns we sold to Russia are 79 and 65 mm, there are also a lot of French 8 mm and British 77 mm, and now there are 792 mm reduced ammunition.  ¡§Soon there will be 762 bottomless. Each country has the same bullet caliber, and Russia¡¯s logistics will be in chaos.¡±

    "It's better to mess around, so as not to come back and use our equipment to attack us! Besides, they don't have time to care about logistics now. It would be nice to have guns." Zhang Xiaozhun said: "I heard that since the war started last year, they have lost 230  With tens of thousands of people, which country can withstand this kind of consumption?¡±

    Yang Qiu waved his hand: "Don't laugh at Russia. Their chauvinism and violence-advocating character are very suitable for soldiers. Therefore, in terms of personal quality of soldiers, they are second only to Germany and France. If they can receive systematic training, they will be very scary. Really  What is stupid is that the commanders and tactics are rigid. Even if they have the Cossack cavalry, which is known as the best in the world, they don't know how to use it. Moreover, they have to face a three-front battle, so it is natural that the losses will be heavy."

    Jiang Baili deeply agreed with this point of view: "The commander-in-chief said a lot. The Russian soldiers' combat ability was still good when Japan was in Russia. If it weren't for the mistakes in command, the Japanese army would not have been able to win so quickly. If it could have been delayed for one more year,  The result may have changed.¡±

    "It's even worse for us." Yang Qiu smiled, turned to Zhang Xiaozhun and asked: "Has the negotiation with the British and French observers come to an end?"

    Sending observers to Europe is one of the recent important tasks of the Ministry of National Defense. Although the National Defense Forces have been tempered by the Sino-Japanese War and the new tactics have begun to show results, compared with Europe, the Sino-Japanese War can only be regarded as a child in terms of scale and thinking.  play house.  It was not that Yang Qiu had not considered taking the opportunity to join the Entente and send troops to Europe to further strengthen relations, but for any unit that had not experienced a large-scale war, the only result of hastily joining without even the officers understanding was a disastrous defeat.  !  How big is the scale of the Wehrmacht's battle?  No matter how tenacious an army is, even if it is the Imperial Army of the Showa era, the first time it faces a battle, it will take several days to prepare for artillery fire, throwing tens of millions of artillery shells, and engaging in at least hundreds of thousands of battles.??If the officer himself cannot avoid being nervous, the soldier's fighting mood will quickly collapse.

    Therefore, by sending observers to let the officers experience it firsthand, they can accumulate enough experience and lessons so that they will not be in a hurry when facing a war of this scale in the future.

    Zhang Xiaozhun was among the first batch of officers about to set off. He said: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chief of General Staff have reached an agreement with Britain and France. I, Yue Peng and Jiang Zuobin will lead the teams in three groups to send a total of 500 army and naval observers to the agreement.  According to intelligence, Britain and France have recently been active in the Dardanelles Strait and the Abachan area, and they seem to be preparing for two large-scale counterattacks, so the first batch of observers will set off in three days, so try not to miss these two battles."

    The Dardanelles, the Battle of Gallipoli Yang Qiu scratched his head when he thought of these two words.

    This battle, which was completely based on Fatty Qiu¡¯s personal will, was destined to become the Achilles heel of the Allied Powers. In addition to up to 50% casualties, it would also bring about a very terrible and serious consequence, which was to lead to continuous wars on the Western Front.  Several counterattacks were launched, but the manpower was insufficient, especially after Germany dropped poison gas bombs. For a time, the entire Western Front was crumbling.  In the parallel world, it was because of this mistake that the British and French began to have a shortage of human resources, which kicked off the repatriation of half a million European and Chinese workers.

    Apart from the entire battle that the Navy and Marines could learn from, the Gallipoli campaign was boring and rigid for the Army, and it would be a waste to send too many observers there instead of observing the upcoming battles of Saint-Eloire and Isla.  Battle of Prey, so he said: "The navy and marines can just go to the Dardanelles Strait. Your main job is to go to the Western Front. In addition, everyone must pay attention to safety! I am afraid that Germany will put in poison gas bombs and some  New weapons of mass destruction.¡±

    The Eight-Nation Allied Forces used poison gas bombs in China during the Gengzi Year, so the expressions of both of them changed slightly, and Zhang Xiaozhun nodded vigorously.

    After leaving the firearms factory, Yang Qiu and his party drove to the torpedo factory that had just been put into operation 30 kilometers away from Hanyang.  Torpedoes are one of the main weapons of the navy. When buying a submarine from Germany, Yang Qiu bought all the manufacturing technology of blackhead torpedoes. However, even if one has the technology, it is difficult to build a torpedo. The most important thing is the torpedo fuse!

    The torpedo fuze is an extremely sophisticated component. In World War II, the American torpedo fuze caused the navy to lose confidence.  Even in Europe, where precision manufacturing technology has been very successful, there have been many cases of multiple hits without explosion. According to feedback, the current efficiency of European ship torpedoes can only reach 70%, and the efficiency of aviation torpedoes  It is less than 30%, which is also one of the biggest problems restricting aircraft from carrying torpedoes into war.  Hanyang Factory has conducted more than a dozen experiments on the 360mm aerial torpedo based on the blackhead torpedo. However, without exception, the torpedo hit the water and the torpedo fuze could not withstand the impact, causing it to sink directly to the bottom, or deviate, otherwise it would not even hit.  explode.

    It was not until the end of last year that a large number of high-level European technicians who fled from Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire with machines were hired and absorbed by various factories, and the situation changed slightly.  The torpedo factory is also one of the few factories in Hanyang where foreign technicians and workers are concentrated. The security work in the factory is very strict to prevent them from leaking secrets.  In addition to the blackhead torpedo, the factory is also currently imitating the famous German HB heavy torpedo.  This torpedo, for which Yang Qiu provided all the blueprints, was a new type of heavy torpedo designed in 1912. It was put into service in 1955 and first appeared in Jutland. Moreover, even the blueprints and production lines were secretly destroyed before the defeat, so few outsiders knew about it.  This torpedo.

    Caliber 600 mm, total length 8 meters, thermal power propulsion, maximum range of 30 knots / 1 meter when carrying 210 kilograms of standard TNT**, and range of meters at 36 knots!  This kind of range and power has far exceeded the heavy torpedoes currently equipped by countries around the world. Even before World War II, except for the perverted Japanese 93 Spear, this torpedo was also very advanced.  Of course Yang Qiu would not copy the drawings. He directly used the torpedo cap technology invented by the Italian Otto Company before World War II. This sharp cap installed in front of the torpedo head can theoretically help increase the maximum speed of the UB to 50 knots.  , the maximum range can also be increased to 50 knots/meter, 30 knots/meter!

    In addition to the 600mm ship type, a 550mm model for submarines is also under development.  Although it is still not as good as the Type 93 oxygen torpedo, it is difficult to manufacture it with current technology. The main reason is that small oxygen generators have not yet appeared, and the Japanese Navy did not complete it until 1933.  Therefore, hb already represents the highest level in the world. In theory, only two of them can ensure the destruction of any capital ship in the current navies of various countries.  Like the previous imitations of drawings, the hb was also renamed the 15-year-old Storm Torpedo. It was divided into three models: A, B, and C, which were provided to surface ships, submarines and aircraft respectively. However, the latter has not been available due to the thunder head fuze reinforcement technology.  Breakthrough, so aviation torpedoes are still slowly swaying on the drawings.

    Yang Qiugang listened to the technician's introduction to the development progress of the storm torpedo. Lei Meng, who was on guard outside, walked in: "Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief.The president is here.  "

    "Please." Hearing that Li Yuanhong was coming, Yang Qiu's mouth finally revealed an unknown arc. Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaozhun knew that they were going to talk about the recent ups and downs of the National Socialist Congress and the official election, so they also  He quickly avoided visiting other factories.

    "Chen Hua, you chased me to death.

    Although winter has not passed yet, Li Yuanhong, who is getting fatter and fatter, was sweating profusely when he came in.  This scene made Yang Qiu laugh secretly in his heart. He was really persistent in his reputation as the first official president. If he had used this energy back then, it would have been hard to say whether he could have controlled Hubei.  He smiled and said, "It's all my fault that the president has traveled so far."

    Li Yuanhong chuckled a few times, walked to the two wooden sample mines on the table in the showroom and observed them carefully, as if he had chased him all the way from Wuchang just to understand the situation of naval equipment, but the eyes that glanced at Yang Qiu from time to time betrayed him.  Got him.  First asked: "Is this the new torpedo you designed, Chen Hua? I didn't expect you to know all about torpedoes. It's a blessing for the country! It's a blessing for the nation!" In addition to being a little embarrassed at the beginning, all the military equipment that Yang Qiu provided with the drawings were crowned.  With the reputation of his designs, everyone in the country who knew the details knew that Commander Yang was a genius in weapons design. He was perhaps the "only" super talent in the world who could eat all kinds of weapons on land, sea, and air, so Yang Qiu shamelessly accepted these two weapons.  A compliment.

    ¡°The president was also born in the navy, why not see if there are any problems?¡±

    Li Yuanhong picked up the basic data and looked at it for a long time, then said: "Chen Hua, don't play tricks on me. I can handle it when it comes to driving a warship to launch torpedoes, but I really don't know anything about design. But your speed is fast, but you can't fly in the wake  The traces will also be more obvious. If the weather is good, you can see it as soon as it is launched, and the enemy ships will have enough time to avoid it." He is worthy of being born in the navy, and he can see the flaws of torpedoes at a glance, but Storm mainly cultivates his own research and development of large torpedoes.  And the design team will still develop into electric drive or oxygen in the future.

    Yang Qiu saw the sweat on his forehead and knew that he must still be hesitating about how to speak, so he took the initiative and said, "The president came to see me. What's the matter?"

    Li Yuanhong raised his head and looked at him deeply. Every time he faced this young man, he felt like he was at a loss. He couldn't even think of any confrontation in his heart. Even though he had spoken now, he still didn't dare to say some words directly.  After thinking for a long time, he circled around and said: "Shaochuan came to see me just now. Huang Yuansheng has resigned as editor-in-chief and is preparing to become the chief executive. In addition, he is inclined to let Luo Lun be chosen as the speaker of the Senate. The speaker of the House of Representatives is still Pu Dianjun.  Renewal, do you think this is feasible?¡±

    Luo Lun was a senior government official who was born in the military and became a provincial governor. After Sichuan, he became a die-hard fan of Yang Qiu. Otherwise, Li Liejun would not have allowed him to take over the strategic position of connecting the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River after he left Jiangxi.  Governor of Jiangxi Province.  Pu Dianjun is not very capable in the current National Society, but the House of Representatives itself is just a decoration, so it is appropriate to let him, a good old man, come out, not to mention that he is also one of the nine executive committee members of the National Society.

    Judging from these two nominations, even if everyone has their own ideas, the idea of ??maintaining the dominance of the national society is still the same!  This is what Yang Qiu hopes to see. The National Society is not only a political group, but also an interest group!  Only interests can unite so many people and so many factions.  Nodding: "Let it be decided by the President and the Prime Minister. In addition, I would like to by-elect Song Ziqing, Cai E and Yan Xishan as the executive committee members to expand the number to 12 people. Do you think this will work?"

    Li Yuanhong is an old fox, so he cannot see this arrangement.  Song Ziqing and Cai E were both members of Yang Qiu in the military. Yan Xishan did a good job in Beijing and was a weak figure politically. As long as Yang Qiu remained standing, he would probably be loyal to him for the rest of his life.  In this way, after the nine executive committee members were expanded to 12 people, Yang Qiu's own position in the national society became more stable, so he nodded readily.

    Seeing his promise, Yang Qiu suddenly changed his title: "The student has thought about it recently. As one of the only remaining elders of the Republic, how about one more term as teacher?"

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